The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-12
YESTERDAYS STORMS.
Tho Wind and Rain Rage Over tho To,
ss.' and Do Some Damage,

Tho Wind and Rain Rage Over tho Tow
and Do Some Damage.
The heavy rain storm that prevailed
Thursday afternoon was thought to end
for time. the rains that have been &C
numerous in this section for the
past two weeks, as early in the even
ing the clouds scattered and the stsra
shone out bright and clear. But about
midnight the clouds gathered again and
the atmosphere became very oppressive,
hardly breath Of Dir stirring; but with
day-break the wind, which had for three
days been blowing nearly all the time
from the South, veered around to
almost due West and a storm set
in that was almost cyclonish in its charsc.
ter. The clouds were dark and hung low,
and the rain dashed down in torrents,
flooding CUTTERS and sewers, while the
wind blew gale and did considerable
damage.
So great was the force OF the wind
that it was with difficulty that one stood
against 1t. The Telegraph and telephone
wires were twisted and broken in mum.
Der Of places. both in and out Of tho city,
making very disagreesble work for the
ilinemen. The bowling winds, as they
shrieked over the city tore off ahinglea,
leveled email shade trees and destroyed o
number Of signs. On the river steamboats
had to 80 to bank and as the wind con-
tinued oil day only the larger and heavier
boats dared venture out.
The damage done briefly summed up
is as follows: The roof OF the temporary
building surrounding the new garbage
crematory was lifted and carried off. The
temporary roof over the unfinished belffy
Of the Third Presbyterian church in the
Eighth ward was carried saway. The
ornamental weather vane on the steeple
OF st. Johns German church on Market
street was wrenched from its position and
hangs in dangerous condition.
at Benwood the cupola Of the public
school building was overturned and fell
from Ito position to the roof Of the east
wing, with crash that WAS heard for sew
eral squares. AS school was in session
there was frantic rush for the school
building by persons whose children were
there, and in less than five minutes two
or three hundred men and women had
gathered about tho street and yard, some
crying, others struggling for admittance.
Fortunately not child was hurt. Prof.
May and all the teachers deaerve great
credit for the presence Of mind they mani
Tested in keeping the doors closed and
thus preventing stampede.
At Moundsville, McFadden's Mound
City hotel was unroofed for the second
time in about eighteen months. The tin
roof was lifted bodily and carried across
the street and deposited in the yard Of the
Court House. In its fall it broke all
Of the wires leading to the Central Ex.
change. Considerable other dsmao. was
done in that vicinity in the way Of unroof-
ing cars belonging to the Baltimore & Ohio.
]. 1. Amon's cigar store was unrooied.
In Bellaire, at the Baltimore & Ohio
und.house part Of the roof was torn up
and rolled back, and some OF the bricks In
the wall sent flying around. One man
WAS struck on the arm with a
brick and considerably hurt, but no
bones were broken. The roof OF
the mould shop Of the Etna
Glass Company was blown off, and the
building more or less damaged during the
storm, but no person WAS injured, At
the Bellairs goblet works part OF the roof
OF tho shed was blown Of, but tho dam